45 companies to hold job fair in Tennessee for military and National guard members, veterans

Capt. Joseph Harmon, company commander, greets his son after a yearlong tour in Afghanistan as the 900th Component Repair Co.'s 170 soldiers returned to Alabama on Aug. 12, 2011. Organizers of Thursday's job fair say some members of the military have returned from deployment only to find their civilian jobs gone. (Christine Kneidinger/al.com)

The companies have job openings and are eager to speak to those with a military background, according to Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Tennessee’s National Guard Adjutant General, who was instrumental in organizing the job fair.